Bradford Young
| Bradford Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bradford Marcel Young[1] July 6, 1977 [1] Louisville, Kentucky[1][2] |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | bradfordyoung |
Bradford Marcel Young (born July 6, 1977) is an award-winning American cinematographer.
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Early life and background
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Young moved to Chicago at age 15 to live with his father.[3] He received early artistic inspiration by the works of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Aaron Douglas. He studied film at Howard University, where he was influenced by Haile Gerima.[2][4][5]
Career
Young's feature films as director of photography include White Lies, Black Sheep (2007), Pariah (2011), Restless City (2011), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), and Mother of George (2013).[2][3][6]
Young has won Cinematography Awards at the Sundance Film Festival twice. In 2011, he won for his work on Pariah.[3] Two years later, he won for his work on both Mother of George and Ain't Them Bodies Saints.[6]
Young is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). [7]
On May 12, 2013, Young and director Andrew Dosunmu presented Mother of George as the Closing Night selection for Maryland Film Festival.[8]
Visual style
Young prefers shooting with available light. For example, in Pariah, for a nighttime bedroom scene, he shot using only Christmas lights and an Ikea lamp with a red lampshade.[4] Amanda Petrusich in her 2012 article on Young for the New York Times states that he "favors raw light and has a penchant for shooting into it, but said he ultimately focuses on getting out of the way."[3]
In a 2013 article from the Washington Post about cinematographers who were trained at Howard University, Hans Charles, a frequent camera assistant for Young said that he has developed a versatile but also consistently poetic, oblique visual style.[5]
Filmography
- White Lies, Black Sheep (2007)
- Pariah (2011)
- Restless City (2011)
- Middle of Nowhere (2012)
- Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
- Mother of George (2013)
- Vara: A Blessing (2013)[9]
- Selma (2014)
- A Most Violent Year (2014)
- Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
- Beat-up Little Seagull (2016)
Awards and recognition
- NOMINATED - Renew Media Arts Fellowship (Rockefeller Foundation) (2008)[2]
- 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker's Magazine (2009)[2]
- Cinematography Award, U.S. Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival for Pariah (2011)[3]
- Cinematography Award, U.S. Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival for Mother of George and Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)[6]
References
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